Assistant Vice President, Mechanical Engineer

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Mechanical Engineer to join our Property & Buildings team in Houston, TX
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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and licensed Mechanical Engineer to provide technical, project, and client leadership for complex Science & Technology facilities. The successful candidate will lead the planning and design of high-performance mechanical systems for research laboratories, life sciences and biotechnology facilities, pharmaceutical environments, clean rooms, higher education research buildings, advanced manufacturing facilities, and other technology-driven projects.

In this role, you will serve as a senior technical advisor to clients and multidisciplinary project teams while helping grow WSP’s Science & Technology presence in Houston and the surrounding region. You will guide projects from early planning and concept development through design, construction administration, commissioning, and final closeout.

Be involved in projects with our Property & Buildings Team and be part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their most complex challenges.

• Provide senior-level technical leadership for the planning, design, and construction administration of mechanical systems for complex Science & Technology projects.
• Lead the design of HVAC, hydronic, central utility, process exhaust, laboratory ventilation, heat recovery, temperature-control, and specialty mechanical systems.
• Develop mechanical design strategies, basis-of-design narratives, system concepts, equipment selections, and operating sequences aligned with client requirements.
• Serve as Engineer of Record, discipline lead, or senior technical reviewer on applicable projects.
• Apply advanced mechanical engineering principles throughout concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and facility operation.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of systems for laboratories, controlled environments, clean rooms, pharmaceutical spaces, biotechnology facilities, and advanced manufacturing environments.
• Oversee heating and cooling load calculations, ventilation analyses, equipment sizing, energy studies, system modeling, and lifecycle evaluations.
• Guide the integration of laboratory airflow, pressurization, environmental control, redundancy, resilience, and equipment heat-load requirements into mechanical designs.
• Coordinate mechanical systems with architectural, electrical, plumbing, structural, fire protection, controls, process, and specialty disciplines.
• Direct technical reviews and resolve complex design, coordination, constructability, and operational challenges.
• Lead QA/QC reviews and ensure project deliverables comply with WSP standards, contractual requirements, applicable codes, and accepted engineering practices.
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, studies, reports, specifications, cost estimates, construction documents, and technical presentations.

• Lead large, complex, and multidisciplinary projects while establishing clear responsibilities, schedules, milestones, and technical expectations.
• Manage mechanical engineering scope, fees, schedules, staffing plans, budgets, quality, and project risk.
• Monitor project hours, expenses, progress, profitability, and deliverable status.
• Identify scope changes, project risks, staffing challenges, and corrective actions before they affect project delivery.
• Coordinate the work of engineers, designers, BIM professionals, subconsultants, vendors, and contractors.
• Support project managers with work planning, resource forecasting, contract administration, and…